Himalayan Journals. Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c

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London: John Murray, 1955 2 volumes in one. xvi, 348; xii, 345 + [2] ad pp. Described as 'A New Edition, carefully revised and condensed.' Wood-engraved plates & illustrations. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Front hinge tender. Page edges gilded. Dark red cloth boards are gold-stamped with an illustration of a mountain and an elaborate frame with intwined vines.Boards are clean with modest rubbing and a little dulling of spine. Hooker, a botanist like his more famous father, Sir William Jackson Hooker (a fern specialist), was well known for his books on flora, particularly in the Himalayas, India, New Zealand, Tasmania, and Antarctica. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N° de ref. del artículo 600249

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